CVE-2015-8391

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  3. CVE-2015-8391
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

9.8 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 8.5

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Permissions Required
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Permissions Required
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 02:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html - Third Party Advisory () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html - Third Party Advisory () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup - Broken Link () http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup - Broken Link
References () http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 - Third Party Advisory () http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - Third Party Advisory () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 - Permissions Required () https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 - Permissions Required
References () https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 - Third Party Advisory () https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ -

05 Aug 2022, 14:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

20 Jul 2022, 17:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 9.0
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 9.0
v3 : 9.8
References (CONFIRM) http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 - (CONFIRM) http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 - Third Party Advisory
References (REDHAT) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 - (REDHAT) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup - (CONFIRM) http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup - Broken Link
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html - (FEDORA) http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 - (CONFIRM) https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 - Permissions Required
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - (CONFIRM) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 - (CONFIRM) https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 - Third Party Advisory
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html - Third Party Advisory
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 - (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2015-12-02 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-8391

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8391

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8391

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_server_tus
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_eus
  • enterprise_linux_desktop

pcre

  • pcre

fedoraproject

  • fedora

oracle

  • linux

php

  • php
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer